by Leonard Bonarek | Jul 1, 2020 | Biking the Region, Biking Outside The Region, Featured, The Circuit
Chester County recently announced that it has awarded a construction contract for a major project on its segments of the Schuylkill River Trail. The project will fully pave about 6 miles of existing crushed stone trail, as well as build four new miles of trail. The...
by Leonard Bonarek | Jun 12, 2020 | News, Bike Share, Biking in Philly, Biking Outside The Region, Biking the Region, Featured, research
By Trinh V. Hoang and Leonard Bonarek After being in the Red Phase for over three months, the counties that make up southeast Pennsylvania entered the Yellow Phase on June 5, 2020. The Yellow Phase means looser work and physical restrictions within Pennsylvania....
by Leonard Bonarek | Jun 12, 2020 | Bike Share, Biking in Philly, Biking Outside The Region, Biking the Region, Featured, News, NJ, research, The Circuit
On June 5th, southeastern Pennsylvania counties moved into the “Yellow Phase” of Covid-19 (C19) response. A key takeaway from PA state guidance is that this phase now allows for properly distanced groups of up to 25 to meet outdoors. New Jersey allowed...
by Amanda Ruffner | May 20, 2020 | Biking Outside The Region, Biking in Philly, Featured, News
The Philadelphia region has yet another resource for connecting folks with free bikes during the COVID-19 pandemic — DVRPC’s Greater Philadelphia Bike Match Program. The Bike Match Network is a national initiative of bike shops and advocacy organizations...
by Bicycle Coalition | Feb 11, 2020 | News, Biking Outside The Region, Biking the Region, Featured, The Circuit
Our Regional Planner Leonard Bonarek recently gave a presentation at the Philadelphia Western Trails Summit in Haverford, focusing on how to better connect low-stress roads with the current and upcoming segments of the Circuit Trails network. Leonard compared...
by Randy LoBasso | Jan 22, 2020 | Vision Zero, Biking in Philly, Biking Outside The Region
For the past two years, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Bike Pittsburgh, bicycle and pedestrian safety groups from all over Pennsylvania, in conjunction with municipalities from Philadelphia to Lancaster, have been advocating — both locally and in the...